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OTTAWA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canada has seen a total of 1.8 million hectares of land burned by forest fires so far this year, CTV reported on Thursday. A total of 254 forest fires were being fought and 75 others monitored in Canada as of Wednesday afternoon. More than half of those f...
Ontario forest fires send smoke to Duluth.(NEWS)Oakes, Larry
Canada’s 2023 wildfire season was the most destructive ever recorded with more than 6,000 fires torching a staggering 150,000 sq. km of forest. That’s an area larger than England and more than double the 1989 record, according to Natural Resources Canada. Hecla Mining (...
"We would encourage homeowners to use non-combustible materials like bricks or rocks, but not mulch or fir trees or pine trees, any type of trees that would combust during forest fires," he said. "It's not the flames ...
According to a statement from the Directorate for Emergencies of Montenegro published this morning, forest fires have been burning for several days and are spreading around the coastal cities, as well as some inland cities. Fire brigades, who are working at full capacity, have not been able to...
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Forest fires are key ecosystem modifiers affecting the biological, chemical, and physical attributes of forest soils. The extent of soil disturbance by fire is largely dependent on fire intensity, duration and recurrence, fuel load, and soil characteristics. The impact on soil properties is intricate...
HELSINKI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Forest fires have made a northern border-crossing between Finland and Russia impassable, news agency STT reported on Friday. Finland does not allow east-bound traffic at the Raja-Jooseppi crossing point as Russian border authorities had told them forest fires have...